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Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagel Library and Environmental Learning Center is located in Wyandotte County Lake Park. While the Kansas City region is home to robust public library systems, it also boasts ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Kansas City, Kansas ...

Rural Kansas libraries like the Abilene Public Library could lose access to state library programs because the Institute of Museum and Library Services is discontinuing some of their funding. Last ...

Gov. Laura Kelly signed into law on Friday a bipartisan bill allow the state to collect private funds to support Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. "Well Kansas, we did it! Let's celebrate by ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - American icon Dolly Parton will visit Kansas to celebrate the statewide success of her Imagination Library program. Officials with the Office of the Governor said Kansas Governor ...

An oversized signature of Harry S. Truman at the Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. Shannon Ellis, 59, has enjoyed her work for the Internal Revenue Service for more than 20 years, ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The State Library of Kansas Board has approved $22,000 to support summer library programming for 2024. The State Library of Kansas officials said in a press release that while ...

The Kansas City, Missouri Public Library has a new logo.KCPL calls its new symbol the owl in the circle.The design was crafted to encapsulate the 150-year history of the library.“The library’s 150 ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Public Library is offering new harm reduction kits, which include essential hygiene products, first aid kits, fentanyl test strips and naloxone at all 10 library ...

Heidi Pitre’s series merges literature, nostalgia, and history, featuring pen-and-ink drawings on about 160 vintage library checkout cards. Interest in the pieces has expanded, but her supply of ...

The community is speaking out after no local or Black artists were chosen as semifinalists for a new mural in Kansas City's historic 18th & Vine Jazz District. The Netherlands announced Thursday that ...